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# Wide Area Network Services CPA/SPU/2762

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/wide-area-network-services-cpa-spu-2762-ocds-h6vhtk-060e8c). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Police and Crime Commissioner for Cheshire: "Wide Area Network Services CPA/SPU/2762". Published status: complete. Contract Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Police and Crime Commissioner for Cheshire](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/police-and-crime-commissioner-for-cheshire-GB-PPON-PMWP-7421-WXRW)
- **Contract Value (direct award):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Direct award
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UKD6
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £186,862 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 5 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/wide-area-network-services-cpa-spu-2762-ocds-h6vhtk-060e8c#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-060e8c`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/wide-area-network-services-cpa-spu-2762-ocds-h6vhtk-060e8c#tl-md)

## Description
This notice is presented on the basis of an exemption permitting direct award without competition under the Procurement Act 2023. The ground relied on is as follows:- “strictly necessary for reasons of extreme and unavoidable urgency to preserve assets or enable services to be maintained”.
This award is justified because the provision of ongoing Wide Area Network Services is critical to continued operations. There is a current contract in place for the provision of such services which comes to an end on 02nd February 2026.  Steps have been taken in a timely fashion to secure a new long-term contract for the provision of wide area network services with effect from 03rd February 2026 https://sell2.in-tend.co.uk/blpd/view-contract?secureid=9fa9c7c1-0b33-4199-8aab-eee9bc6cd239. However, given the criticality of such services to the ability to continue to provide blue light services in Cheshire and given the timing along with unexpected/ emerging risks, it is strictly necessary for reasons of extreme and unavoidable urgency to facilitate appropriate contingency arrangements to mitigate any risk of a gap in provision.
Such a short term contingency arrangement cannot be awarded on the basis of a competitive tendering procedure because the services are strictly necessary for reasons of extreme and unavoidable urgency and, there is both insufficient time to complete a further competitive exercise and insufficient time for any other provider (given the works involved) to set up and establish a replacement supply. These services could only be provided by the existing supplier whose infrastructure is already in place.
As indicated, this award is only for the purpose of securing services for so long as is necessary to mitigate the risk. A short-term contract for the shortest possible term has been provisioned for and a further contract is already in place for the longer term. Other options including informal competition, quotes or use of a framework were considered but the timescale means no other supplier could provision in the timeframe required even if commenced immediately. Factoring in any exercise would extend an already impossible timeframe.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 72000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Wide Area Network Services CPA/SPU/2762 (active)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **Capita Business Services Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-02299747`
  - Value: £186,862 (exc. VAT)

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Wide Area Network Services CPA/SPU/2762 (active)
  - Signed Value: £186,862
  - Signed Date: 13/01/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F006789-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-01-26T16:01:25.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T18:01:49.896Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-060e8c